Kingsbury Water Park.

Nice trip to Kingsbury Water Park today which took in almost the same route as last Tuesday in reverse and starting and ending at the Church of St Peter & St Paul where there were a few rain showers which were not predicted at all, still didn't spoil the trip though.

The day started well with the sighting of a juvenile Blackcap in the church grounds which was equalled by the sighting a juvenile Nuthatch and Grey Wagtail later in the morning, other juveniles seen were Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long Tailed Tit, Carrion Crow and Magpie.

As last week there were hundreds of both Greylag and Canada Goose present, which is especially strange as you normally get roughly fifty maximum Greylag, but when I thought about it, I'd say a good half are this years juveniles which is possibly down to less people being present at the park due to the lockdown restrictions and the lack of water sports such as Water Skiing this Spring, lets hope there isn't a cull of either due to this population explosion.

Unusually the Cygents in the photo only had one parent present, lets hope it's nothing untoward though, as Poles/Eastern Europeans are know to kill and eat Mute Swans at this location and that's a fact as well as I've found deceased Mute Swan's with just the breast meat missing more than once at this location and nobody will convince me that a Fox would only take meat from the breast and leave the bird splayed out on it's back.

The only negative points were that there was a bit more litter than last week (of which I did pick up and dispose of), dog poo bags hanging from tree branches and arson had been committed on a big pile of cut down trees that were clearly meant for a further use but thanks to the vandals they now have no use at all.

Birds seen today were, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Nuthatch, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long Tailed Tit, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, House Sparrow, Dunnock, Wren, Robin, Collared Dove, Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Feral Pigeon, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Pied Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, Swift, House Martin, Swallow, Common Tern, Grey Heron, Mute Swan, Great Crested Grebe, Moorhen, Coot, Tufted Duck, Mallard, Greylag Goose and Canada Goose.